The Complete Poetical Works of Edward Young: With Life ; Eight Steel EngravingsGall & Inglis, 1866 - 502 páginas |
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... hand , and subserviency on the other . When the Marquis died , his son , still a minor , maintained the relation already sub- sisting . But with all his pliancy , the poet appears to have pos- sessed in reality what the peer only ...
... hand , and subserviency on the other . When the Marquis died , his son , still a minor , maintained the relation already sub- sisting . But with all his pliancy , the poet appears to have pos- sessed in reality what the peer only ...
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... hand upon his heart , addressed them impromptu : - " Thus Adam look'd when from the garden driven , And thus disputed orders sent from heaven ; Like him I go , and yet to go am loth ; Like him I go , for angels drove us both . Hard was ...
... hand upon his heart , addressed them impromptu : - " Thus Adam look'd when from the garden driven , And thus disputed orders sent from heaven ; Like him I go , and yet to go am loth ; Like him I go , for angels drove us both . Hard was ...
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... hand to write this . God grant me grace under this darkness to see more clearly things in- visible and eternal - those great things which you and I must soon be acquainted with ; and why not rejoice at it ? There is not a day of my long ...
... hand to write this . God grant me grace under this darkness to see more clearly things in- visible and eternal - those great things which you and I must soon be acquainted with ; and why not rejoice at it ? There is not a day of my long ...
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... hand of charity ! To shock us more , solicit it in vain ! Ye silken sons of pleasure ! since in pains You rue more modish visits , visit here , And breathe from your debauch : give , and reduce Surfeit's dominion o'er you : But so great ...
... hand of charity ! To shock us more , solicit it in vain ! Ye silken sons of pleasure ! since in pains You rue more modish visits , visit here , And breathe from your debauch : give , and reduce Surfeit's dominion o'er you : But so great ...
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... Haste , haste , he lies in wait , he's at the door , Insidious Death ! should his strong hand arrest , No composition sets the prisoner free . Eternity's inexorable chain 12 YOUNG'S POETICAL WORKS . On Time, Death, and Friendship.
... Haste , haste , he lies in wait , he's at the door , Insidious Death ! should his strong hand arrest , No composition sets the prisoner free . Eternity's inexorable chain 12 YOUNG'S POETICAL WORKS . On Time, Death, and Friendship.
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ambition angels art thou awful beams beneath bids bless blest bliss boast book of Job breast bright Britain Britons charms Codrus crown dare dark death deep divine dread dust earth EDWARD YOUNG eternal ev'ry fair fame fate fear fire flame fool frown genius give glorious glory gods grace grave grief groan guilt happiness heart heaven hour human illustrious immortal indulgence leviathan life's light lord Lorenzo man's mankind mighty mind mortal muse nature nature's ne'er night Night Thoughts nought numbers o'er pain passion peace Pindar pleasure praise pride proud rage rapture reason renown rise sacred satire scene seas sense shades shine sigh sight skies smile song soul stars sting storm sublime sweet tempest thee theme thine thought throne thunder trembling triumph truth twill virtue virtue's Voltaire wing wisdom wise wretched ye stars
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Página 1 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
Página 8 - All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise; At least their own their future selves applaud; How excellent that life they ne'er will lead! Time lodged in their own hands is Folly's vails; That lodged in Fate's to wisdom they consign; The thing they can't but purpose, they postpone.
Página 8 - Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise; At least their own; their future selves...
Página 1 - Distinguished link in being's endless chain ! Midway from nothing to the Deity ! A beam ethereal, sullied and absorpt ! Though sullied and dishonoured, still divine ! Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust : Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm ! a god ! I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost.
Página 309 - Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life.
Página 4 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Página 277 - I'm nearer death in this verse than the last : What then is to be done ? be wise with speed : A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Página 17 - Where shall I find Him ? Angels ! tell me where. You know him ; He is near you : point him out : Shall I see glories beaming from his brow ? Or trace his footsteps by the rising flowers...
Página 149 - Attend my song, and thou shalt know them all ; And know thyself; and know thyself to be (Strange truth !) the most abstemious man alive.
Página 56 - As wise as Socrates, might justly stand The definition of a modern fool. A Christian is the highest style of man : And is there, who the blessed cross wipes off...